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Show -t (Germans East of Roye i - Preparing for Retreat. j FRENCH PUSH AHEAD Take Chaulnes Wood and Town by Assault. i (By Associated Press ) J WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Tuesday, Aug. 27. Activity Activ-ity behind the German lines on the Aisne and the Avre fronts has increased increas-ed greatly since the French successes around Roye and on the plateau north j of Soissons. In tho region east ofi Roye the Germans seem to be pre! paring for an eventual retirement. The French pushed on today and ) reached the edge of Chaulnes, after i taking Chaulnes wood by assault. On j tho south they reached Amy, two miles southeast of Roye. I Most noticebalc are the enemy I movements west of tho Somme canal which joins the Canal du Nord at Per- j onne and runs southward through Ham. The hulk of the German troops; on the Chnulnes-Roye line have quickened quick-ened their retreat since- the fall of Roye at 9 o'clock today. They are protected by rear guards who are making a stout resistance. The main roads leading from Roye to Noyon and to Ncslc now are under) the fire of the French guns over their) entire distance. There is now noj other outlet for the German troops but a retirement due east. j The French at the time this dis-. patch is filed are pressing forward in spite of vigorous opposition. : |